Extraction of mechanical properties of articular cartilage from osmotic swelling behavior monitored using high frequency ultrasound

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 413-422

  Wang, Q ^a   Zheng, Y P ^a   Niu, H J ^a,b   Mak, A F T ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Biomechanics; Elastography; Fixed charge density; Osmotic loading; Osteoarthritis; Proteoglycan; Triphasic theory; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); JOINTS (ANATOMY); OSMOSIS; SALINE WATER; SWELLING; ULTRASONICS;

CARTILAGE;

PROTEOGLYCAN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COW; DENSITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND; JOINT SWELLING; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATELLA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; THICKNESS; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CATTLE; EDEMA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PATELLA; ULTRASONICS;

BOVINAE;

EID: 34447518543     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2720919     Document Type: Article

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